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MourningNAVE'S
For the dead
Head uncovered Leviticus 10:6 · Leviticus 21:10
Lying on the ground 2 Samuel 12:16
Personal appearance neglected 2 Samuel 14:2
Cutting the flesh Leviticus 19:28 · Leviticus 21:1-5 · Deuteronomy 14:1 · Jeremiah 16:6,7 · Jeremiah 41:5
Lamentations Genesis 50:10 · Exodus 12:30 · 1 Samuel 30:4 · Jeremiah 22:18 · Matthew 2:17,18
Fasting 1 Samuel 31:13 · 2 Samuel 1:12 · 2 Samuel 3:35
Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin Leviticus 21:1-11
For Nadab and Abihu forbidden Leviticus 10:6
Sexes separated in Zechariah 12:12,14
Hired mourners 2 Chronicles 35:25 · Ecclesiastes 12:5 · Jeremiah 9:17 · Matthew 9:23
Abraham mourned for Sarah Genesis 23:2
The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days Genesis 50:1-3
The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days Numbers 20:29
David's lamentations over
The death of Saul and his sons 2 Samuel 1:17-27
The death of Abner 2 Samuel 3:33,34
The death of Absalom 2 Samuel 18:33
Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows
Ripping the garments Genesis 37:29,34 · Genesis 44:13 · Numbers 14:6 · Judges 11:35 · 2 Samuel 1:2,11 · 2 Samuel 3:31 · 2 Samuel 13:19,31 · 2 Samuel 15:32 · 2 Kings 2:12 · 2 Kings 5:8 · 2 Kings 6:30 · 2 Kings 11:14 · 2 Kings 19:1 · 2 Kings 22:11,19 · Ezra 9:3,5 · Job 1:20 · Job 2:12 · Isaiah 37:1 · Jeremiah 41:5 · Matthew 26:65 · Acts 14:14
Wearing mourning clothes Genesis 38:14 · 2 Samuel 14:2
See also: Sackcloth
Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard Ezra 9:3 · Jeremiah 7:29
See also: Baldness
Covering
The head and the face 2 Samuel 15:30 · 2 Samuel 19:4 · Esther 6:12 · Jeremiah 14:3,4
The upper lip Leviticus 13:45 · Ezekiel 24:17,22 · Micah 3:7
Laying aside ornaments Exodus 33:4,6
Walking barefoot 2 Samuel 15:30 · Isaiah 20:2
Laying the hand on the head 2 Samuel 13:19 · Jeremiah 2:37
Ashes put on the head Ezekiel 27:30
Dust on the head Joshua 7:6
Dressing in black Jeremiah 14:2
Sitting on the ground Isaiah 3:26
Caused ceremonial defilement Numbers 19:11-16 · Numbers 31:19 · Leviticus 21:1
Prevented offerings from being accepted Deuteronomy 26:14 · Hosea 9:4
See also: Elegy
Topical index: Nave's Topical Bible (public domain); structured data CC BY from the BibleData project.